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A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 1
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 2
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 3
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 4
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 5
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 6
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 7
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 8
A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck' image 9
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Lot 72

A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box
silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck'

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25 April 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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A silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box

silver-gilt interior with marks for JS, possibly for Josiah Snatt, London 1807, with earlier plaques, one signed 'N Heÿlbrouck'
Rectangular form, the six sides with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques within a gilt metal frame, each plaque depicting a rural landscape, the scenes incorporating figures include a harbour and others depicting ruinous architecture, the bottom plaque engraved with the signature 'N.Heÿlbrouck F[ecit]' (possibly followed by 'Ghent') for Norbert Heylbrouck, silver-gilt lined interior, the inside cover with a Dutch style engraved shield with a ducal coronet and demi-lion rampant, height 3.5cm, length 7.5cm.

Footnotes

Norbert Heylbrouck was a native of Bruges although born into a Dutch family of painters and engravers. He worked as an engraver and medallist in Bruges and Ghent. In 1731 he was sentenced to death for counterfeiting coins but was later granted a reprieve by Archduchess Maria-Elizabeth of Austria. Heylbrouck continued working, joining the George gilde in 1751 and signing himself graveur de sa Majesté de la Monnaye à Bruges. Prosecuted once again in 1755, he was exiled to Brussels in 1759 and died in 1762.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston holds a snuff box with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques by Norbert Heylbroeck, the bottom plaque engraved: "N. Heylbrouck Fecit. Graveur de sa Majeste de la Monneije a Bruges"
Another snuff box with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques by Norbert Heylbrouck is held in The Victoria and Albert Museum, Gilbert Collection.

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